Regular Season Week 8: Bears at Golden Gophers
October 27, 1940 41° Huntington Bank Stadium
Attendance: 43,021 (85%)
Bears 3 3 0 3 - 9
Golden Gophers 3 0 17 0 - 20
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Golden Gophers: 4-11-BAY 33 (12:53) 3-William Colella 50 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 3 BAY 0
(Qtr 1) Bears: 4-8-MIN 11 (5:58) 16-Earle Fessler 28 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 3 BAY 3
(Qtr 2) Bears: 1-5-MIN 28 (0:01) 16-Earle Fessler 45 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 3 BAY 6
(Qtr 3) Golden Gophers: 3-3-BAY 3 (8:29) 39-Robert Brown ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-William Colella. MIN 10 BAY 6
(Qtr 3) Golden Gophers: 4-1-BAY 10 (5:44) 3-William Colella 28 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 13 BAY 6
(Qtr 3) Golden Gophers: 2-7-BAY 7 (1:03) 40-Frank Garza ran for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-William Colella. MIN 20 BAY 6
(Qtr 4) Bears: 4-3-MIN 33 (8:07) 16-Earle Fessler 50 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 50-Charles Rotella was injured on the play. MIN 20 BAY 9
Team Statistics
Golden Gophers Bears
First Downs 12 17
- Rushing 4 6
- Passing 5 11
- Penalty 3 0
Total Net Yards 290 281
- Offensive Plays 62 68
- Yards Per Play 4.68 4.13
Net Rushing Yards 117 112
- Rushing Attempts 37 24
- Yards Per Rush 3.16 4.67
Net Passing Yards 173 169
- Att/Comp/Int 24 / 19 / 0 40 / 22 / 3
- Gross Passing Yards 178 206
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 5 4 / 37
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.92 3.84
- Yards Per Completion 9.37 9.36
Fumbles/Lost 3 / 3 2 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 13 2 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.7 9.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 2
Penalties/Yards 4 / 25 3 / 39
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 4 / 21
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 25
Int Returns/Yards 3 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 32
Time of Possession 30:21 29:38
Drive Charts
Golden Gophers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:09 1:21 OPP 31 3 -1 Field Goal
1 8:02 0:40 OWN 13 2 9 Fumble
1 5:55 1:27 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
1 3:06 1:26 OWN 37 3 6 Punt
2 12:44 3:20 OWN 6 6 34 Punt
2 7:21 3:54 OWN 26 6 33 Missed FG
2 2:07 0:28 OWN 9 4 28 Punt
3 15:00 1:55 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
3 11:29 1:25 OWN 38 3 13 Fumble
3 10:00 1:34 OPP 29 4 29 Touchdown
3 8:22 2:41 OPP 30 4 19 Field Goal
3 2:56 1:57 OWN 20 5 80 Touchdown
4 11:40 2:08 OWN 20 4 11 Fumble
4 8:03 1:32 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
4 4:50 3:03 OWN 18 6 19 Punt
4 1:30 1:30 OPP 34 3 0 Game
Bears
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:51 OWN 19 3 0 Interception
1 12:48 4:46 OWN 25 8 51 Fumble
1 7:22 1:27 OPP 23 4 12 Field Goal
1 4:27 1:21 OWN 30 4 29 Interception
1 1:40 3:57 OWN 18 8 36 Punt
2 9:24 2:03 OWN 16 3 5 Punt
2 3:27 1:20 OWN 48 3 4 Punt
2 1:39 1:39 OWN 24 5 48 Field Goal
3 13:05 1:36 OWN 27 3 -5 Punt
3 10:04 0:04 OWN 43 1 0 Fumble
3 8:26 0:04 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
3 5:41 2:45 OWN 25 5 16 Punt
3 0:59 4:19 OWN 25 7 26 Punt
4 9:32 1:29 OPP 41 3 7 Field Goal
4 6:31 1:41 OWN 30 6 67 Downs
4 1:46 0:16 OWN 25 4 13 Downs
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Golden Gophers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#39 Robert Brown 19 69 3.63 12 3 1
#40 Frank Garza 15 48 3.20 10 1 1
#4 Charlie Sheehan 3 0 0.00 0 0 0
Bears
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#28 Jack Lewis 18 66 3.67 12 3 0
#23 Adam Deforest 6 46 7.67 15 3 0
Passing Stats
Golden Gophers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#4 Charlie Sheehan 24 19 178 1 / 5 0 43 0 97.57
Bears
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#19 Carlton Sisk 40 22 206 4 / 37 0 42 3 38.13
Receiving Stats
Golden Gophers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#13 Scott Coghill 2 51 25.50 43 0
#16 Melvin Walters 5 42 8.40 21 0
#81 Jason West 3 28 9.33 13 0
#40 Frank Garza 2 24 12.00 13 0
#46 William Boyce 2 13 6.50 12 0
#12 Thomas Baker 2 13 6.50 9 0
#39 Robert Brown 3 7 2.33 5 0
Bears
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#83 William Sanchez 6 64 10.67 42 0
#82 Norman Hogan 7 55 7.86 12 0
#18 William Hust 5 46 9.20 13 0
#23 Adam Deforest 2 30 15.00 18 0
#18 Dean Schulz 1 8 8.00 8 0
#28 Jack Lewis 1 3 3.00 3 0
Blocking Stats
Golden Gophers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#73 Ralph Prim 37 40 1 2
#42 Carl Doughty 0 1 0 1
#97 Wayne Parks 0 1 0 0
#74 Matthew Jarrett 37 43 0 2
#56 George Sommers 37 41 0 1
#89 Thomas Colbert 0 11 0 0
#81 Jason West 9 30 0 1
#62 Gregory Wood 36 40 0 2
#46 William Boyce 11 25 0 2
#45 Johnny Coleman 0 6 0 0
#55 Ivory Li 26 36 0 2
#13 Scott Coghill 0 23 0 0
#98 Dustin McNamara 12 2 0 0
#90 Kenneth Espinoza 5 0 0 0
#68 Michael Hernandez 11 3 0 0
#76 James Barnhart 5 0 0 0
#51 Earl Riley 0 2 0 0
#26 Wayne Small 0 2 0 0
#50 Charles Rotella 0 1 0 0
#39 Joseph Whitten 0 3 0 0
#47 John Reed 0 1 0 0
#12 Thomas Baker 0 13 0 2
#16 Melvin Walters 0 16 0 0
#40 Frank Garza 8 4 0 0
#39 Robert Brown 1 3 0 0
#78 Paul McGee 6 0 0 0
#99 William Grant 0 2 0 1
#53 Robert Hudson 0 2 0 0
#30 John Richardson 0 1 0 1
Bears
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#68 Jerome McIntyre 48 27 2 3
#75 Richard Witherell 53 34 2 5
#78 Michael Peterman 1 2 0 0
#59 Santiago Hester 52 38 0 3
#79 Phillip Deese 0 2 0 1
#91 Herman McDonald 2 1 0 0
#51 Patrick Kinney 0 2 0 0
#97 James Murphy 0 3 0 0
#90 Andrew Santiago 0 2 0 0
#98 James Chess 0 3 0 0
#27 Alexander Beamon 0 1 0 0
#56 Richard Bryant 0 1 0 0
#23 Adam Deforest 17 17 0 0
#28 Jack Lewis 16 5 0 0
#60 Scott Pierce 46 27 0 1
#64 Billy Broughton 53 28 0 1
#18 William Hust 0 11 0 0
#82 Norman Hogan 4 24 0 3
#83 William Sanchez 0 18 0 0
#18 Dean Schulz 0 11 0 1
#87 James Parham 0 5 0 0
#83 Gregory Barron 0 1 0 0
#25 Charles Zamora 0 2 0 0
#61 Richard Taylor 0 1 0 0
#66 David Smith 14 5 0 0
#63 Donnell Whitaker 10 0 0 0
#92 Robert Jones 3 0 0 0
#33 Joseph Hunter 4 1 0 0
#37 Victor Johnson 0 1 0 0
#54 Adam Loiselle 0 2 0 1
Interception Stats
Golden Gophers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#39 Joseph Whitten 1 0 0.00 0
#42 Carl Doughty 1 0 0.00 0
#26 Wayne Small 1 0 0.00 0
Bears
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Golden Gophers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#40 Frank Garza 2 0 0 0
#39 Robert Brown 1 0 0 0
#42 Carl Doughty 0 1 1 0
#78 Paul McGee 0 1 1 0
Bears
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#23 Adam Deforest 1 0 0 0
#19 Carlton Sisk 1 0 0 0
#51 Patrick Kinney 0 0 1 0
#49 Alfonso Browning 0 3 2 0
Punting
Golden Gophers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#10 Clayton Jones 7 304 43.43 41.14 48 2
Bears
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#1 Alex Lucas 6 295 49.17 40.17 64 2
Kicking
Golden Gophers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#3 William Colella 2 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 1 50 2 / 2
Bears
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#16 Earle Fessler 3 / 3 2 / 2 1 / 1 50 0 / 0
Punt Return
Golden Gophers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Bears
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#23 Adam Deforest 4 21 5.3 7 0
Kick Return
Golden Gophers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Bears
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#23 Adam Deforest 1 25 25.0 0
Defensive Stats
Golden Gophers
Name Tackles Sacks
#99 William Grant 7 0
#42 Carl Doughty 6 0
#50 Charles Rotella 6 0
#97 Wayne Parks 6 0
#78 Paul McGee 5 2
#30 John Richardson 5 0
#39 Joseph Whitten 4 0
#81 Jason West 3 0
#47 John Reed 2 0
#51 Earl Riley 2 0
#68 Michael Hernandez 2 1
#53 Robert Hudson 2 0
#39 Robert Brown 1 0
#26 Wayne Small 1 0
#62 Gregory Wood 1 0
#97 Erik Moore 1 0
#37 Mohammad Gonzalez 1 1
#40 Frank Garza 1 0
Bears
Name Tackles Sacks
#49 Alfonso Browning 8 0
#37 Victor Johnson 7 0
#51 Patrick Kinney 6 0
#29 William Spearman 5 0
#25 Charles Zamora 5 0
#54 Adam Loiselle 4 0
#42 Buford Colon 4 0
#90 Andrew Santiago 3 0
#91 Herman McDonald 2 0
#92 Robert Jones 2 0
#18 William Hust 1 0
#59 Santiago Hester 1 0
#82 Norman Hogan 1 0
#78 Michael Peterman 1 1
#61 Richard Taylor 1 0
#19 Carlton Sisk 1 0
#28 Jack Lewis 1 0
#55 Raymond Hong 1 0